Princess Raccoon (2005)

Princess Raccoon

Premiering at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival, Seijun Suzuki's dreamlike musical chronicles the wondrous romance between Prince Amechiyo (Jô Odagiri) and a raccoon spirit (Ziyi Zhang) who's transformed herself into a beautiful woman. Banished by his jealous father, Amechiyo wanders the forest until Princess Raccoon finds the handsome royal and takes him back to her castle. Hiroko Yakushimaru co-stars in this joyfully extravagant production.- Netflix

Amechiyo (The banished prince) falls in love with Tanukihime (a princess of raccoon dog disguised to human). This is an Operetta which includes comedy, singing and dancing, and a love story. full summary | add synopsis - www.imdb.com

Princess Raccoon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Princess Raccoon (オペレッタ狸御殿, Operetta tanuki goten?) is a 2005 Japanese film directed by Seijun Suzuki. The "raccoon" of the English title is actually a translation for the tanuki. It is a love story set in the musical genre and stars Zhang - en.wikipedia.org

Cast

Jô Odagiri
Mikijiro Hira
Taro Yamamoto
Miwako Ichikawa

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